Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Light Combat Aircraft [LCA] Tejas fitted with an In-Flight Refuelling [IFR] probe

A still rare sight - India's Light Combat Aircraft [LCA] Tejas, fitted with an In-Flight Refuelling [IFR] probe.

Earlier today: IAF's HF-24 Marut fighter aircraft in desert camouflage pattern [Photograph]

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Light Combat Aircraft [LCA] Tejas fitted with an In-Flight Refuelling [IFR] probe

via San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives

The paint job on the aircraft indicates that it is one of the Technology Demonstrator [TD] or Prototype Vehicle [PV] variants of the aircrafts. Thus, the pod is, in all likelihood, a dummy. Actually the aircraft itself has no tail number [KH-series] painted on it - unusual. Nevertheless, not many photographs showing the LCA with a mid-air refuelling probe, that would eventually be standard on the production aircraft.

Godspeed

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